Muri Drinks x The Four Horsemen Collaboration
Muri Drinks x The Four Horsemen Collaboration
Muri Drinks is an innovative beverage producer based in Denmark. Founded in 2020 by Murray Paterson, a UK expat living in Copenhagen, Muri is pushing the realm of possibility in non-alcoholic drinks through foraging, fermentation, and blending. Muri uses culinary techniques and unusual ingredients to create blends that go beyond other alcohol alternatives. Muri is informed and inspired by the gastronomic community in Copenhagen, particularly the city’s expertise in fermentation techniques. Muri Drinks is obsessed with flavor and relentless in its pursuit of a quality beverage that is complex and deeply satisfying, with or without alcohol, and changing perceptions around the no- and low-alcohol space.
Muri’s limited-edition collaboration with The Four Horsemen, a Brooklyn-based, James Beard Award-winning wine bar and restaurant, is a glou-glou inspired red wine alternative with savory, herbaceous aromatics and a juicy palate featuring tart, dark fruit. The base of the cuvée begins with a “wine” of Stevnsbaer sour cherries and red currants, fermented with pichia kluyveri yeasts, yielding very low alcohol and pronounced, complex aromas. Next, they add short fermentations of bay leaf water kefir, ice-clarified tomato juice, and a trace amount of lacto-fermented beetroot. The entire cuvée is then infused with green peppercorns, which have been blanched seven times to remove any bitterness, and pasteurized. Muri x Four Horsemen is a delicious and food-friendly non alcoholic alternative, with no added sulfites, artificial additives, flavors, or preservatives. By using techniques and flavor profiles connected to the culinary sphere, Muri x Four Horsemen is an ideal companion to a plate of food and a progressive take on the traditional wine pairing.
Flavor Profile – Complex and subtle notes of fresh cut herbs and forest fruits with a tart and juicy earthiness on the palate. The cuvée is framed by fresh acidity and a gently tannic, satisfying finish that leads one promptly to another glass
Usage Notes – Store vertically and serve slightly chilled. Drink whenever you might reach for a light, earthy red wine (think Beaujolais/Chinon red wine profile).